What are these birds - Northern Illinois, USA
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Northern Illinois USA state park; seeds (I think) - what is it?
Comments (5)I'm afraid I do not. And with that mention, I am thinking that when my wife and I walked that trail in the past, in Summer, that she spotted raspberries there. But not sure if that is accurate memory or I would just like it to be true!...See MoreThe roses that are not liking Northern Illinois
Comments (9)Hi Bk, It is surprisingly difficult to answer this. I had pretty much given up on growing certain types of flowers. They are just so prone to balling and rotting in my climate. We have had a bit of a drought this year with no rain for 3 months and we still have nightly dew on everything. My grass has learned to be quite satisfied drinking dew and seems not to notice that there has been no rain. So back to your question, I still don't have many large flowers but Fiji takes the honors for starting this craziness. It's the first large sized flower that I've had in many moons. My next one that opens well is the Lady Gardener. She always looks as if she's going to ball but has not done so yet. However it is slow to self clean and not the prettiest bush. Bolero is a great opener thou not the largest flower it is a good sized one. Princess Ann is an absolute beauty but she is new and the weather has been much drier than normal. I'm thinking there won't be a problem with it. Others that I can think of are like South Africa, Mother of Pearl and roses like those. Really I have learn to be happy with roses that bloom up a storm and that way I'm not feeling left out....See MoreWhat is this Northern Illinois USA fungus/mushroom ?
Comments (9)the usual caveat with shroom ID is that its really hard to ID on pix alone ... e.g. there are too many look alikes .... so if you are looking for things to eat.. you should find a local expert or shroom hunting club .... if you are just searching for ID ... for the sake of knowledge ... close enough .... btw ... i wouldnt argue with either of those who appear to have offered the same ID ... so in this case .... who rah .... ken...See MoreWhat is this Northern Illinois, USA, moss?
Comments (4)Brian, that little structure is called a sporophyte...the capsule at the tip of the seta contains the reproductive cells....See More- 8 years ago
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